Governing the covid-19 Pandemic in the Middle East and North Africa
Containment Measures as a Public Good
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6160741 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Kevin Koehler (0000-0001-5965-0444, Leiden University), Jonah Schulhofer-Wohl (0000-0001-9259-7307, Leiden University) |
| Year | 2021 |
| Volume | 14 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 5-25 |
| Publication date | 2021-12-10 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Middle East Law and Governance (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1876-3367 • E-ISSN: 1876-3375 |
| Publisher | Brill (PUBLISHER • NL) |
| DOI | 10.1163/18763375-13040003 |
| OpenAlex | W4200407599 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 7 |
What determined how governments in the Middle East and North Africa reacted to the global covid -19 pandemic? We develop a theoretical argument based on the political costs of different policy options and assess its empirical relevance. Distinguishing between the immediate costs associated with decisive action and the potential costs of uncontrolled spread that are likely to accrue over the long term, we argue that leaders who have fewer incentives to provide public goods to stay in power will lock down later than their more constrained counterparts. We find empirical support for this argument in statistical analyses covering the 1 January – 30 November 2020 period using the Oxford covid -19 Government Response Tracker (OxCGRT) and our own original data on the timing of mosque closures and strict lockdowns across the region. We also illustrate our argument with a description of the response to the pandemic in Egypt
Argument (complex analysis · Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19 · Development economics · Economics · Government (linguistics · Incentive · Market economy · Pandemic · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Public economics · COVID-19 epidemiological studies · COVID-19 Pandemic Impacts · Law · Medicine
The social contract in Egypt, Lebanon and Tunisia
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Non-healthcare system interventions and Covid-19 daily cases
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| Unique citing works | 7 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 1,75 |
| Citation span | 2022 - 2025 (4) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 7 |